Post # 1
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Helper bee
Okay Bees! I went dress shopping again today…I of course tried on my fav from last time and it still made me feel all dreamy, but there was another dress that I tried on that is creeping in! I almost feel like the second dress I tried on today makes me look thinner. Both my mom and mother in law fell in love with dress number one (ball gown) which I tried on last. My mom HATED dress number 2 (fit and flare), but my mother in law said it gave me a nice shape. The dresses are TOTALLY different! What do you think bees? The classic, romantic, beautiful ball gown, or the modern, sexy, fitted fit and flare? Help!
Post # 3
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Busy bee
Please, please get the ball gown. It is beautiful and really flattering on you!
Post # 4
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Helper bee
A concern I have with the fit and flare is that I am so short. I’m standing on a pedestal and the dress is still too long. I think it might look funny and make me look stumpy if I cut off 8 inches…??
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Sugar bee
You have to get the Ballgown it looks AMAZING on you:)
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Bumble bee
I think the ball gown is more flattering, I don’t think the fit and flare makes you look a bit straight and a bit top heavy whereas the ball gown really makes your waist look you’re and gives you better proportions. And it’s very pretty and princessy too!
Post # 7
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Helper bee
@Weetzie: Thank you!! My mom is begging me too lol. She said that the fit and flare was hideous. Out loud. LOL
Post # 8
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Buzzing bee
Your waist looks tiny in the ball gown, and it’s so pretty and classic.
The second gives you such a va-va-voom bombshell figure, and is very, very pretty. However, if you do make the dress shorter, it may cut you in a funn place, making you look shorter.
Both are to die for, and I dont think you could go wrong.
Post # 9
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Buzzing bee
@shamrock1228: The ball gown is gorgeous on you and far more flattering than the other.
Post # 10
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Buzzing bee
Ooo…I do like dress 2, BUT it still doesn’t look as nice as dress #1 on you. Dress 1 balances out your top half because you are bustier. But it really showcases that tiny waist you have, and it’s just an overall breathtaking look. The sleek, angled design of the ball gown is actually perfect since it doesn’t add width to your figure, there’s only width in your skirt (and no imbecile is going to think your legs are magically shaped like a megaphone).
Dress 2 gives you too much of a tapered “cone” shape since you have broad shoulders, a substantial bosom, and narrow hips. You do have a lovely, nipped-in waist, and this highlights it, but it also makes you look a bit imbalanced/top-heavy in a way that is throwing me off. I think dress 2 would work better if the top of the skirt were a bit wider.
It does make you look “thinner” to an extent, but I think that has more to do with the fact that there’s a lot less fabric (but I don’t think you look bigger in dress 1. When I see you in 1, I just think, “wow, that’s a lot of tulle!”…in a fabulous way, of course).
Post # 11
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Buzzing bee
@shamrock1228: Can I ask who designed the ball gown?
Post # 12
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Bumble Beekeeper
@MlleFabuleux: totally agree
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Sugar Beekeeper
For me, there is no contest whatsoever. That tulle ball gown looks AMAZING on you!!! It’s SO majestic!! I LOVE it!
Post # 14
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Helper bee
@cirk: That’s definitely a concern if I were to go with the fit and flare. I think you’re right about it hitting in a weird spot. I actually didn’t think about that until I posted this and was looking at the pictures. I guess they could probably take it up at the “flare” part instead of cutting it off the bottom.
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Buzzing bee
@shamrock1228: I think dress #1 looks beautiful on you and has a very flattering shape to it. I typically don’t care for ball gowns, and prefer fit and flares or mermaids, but in this case I think that #1 really suits you. I think there is a reason you fell in love with it in the first place.
Post # 16
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Sugar Beekeeper
That ballgown is INCREDIBLE!
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